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360 "Content not available in your current area"

  • 23-09-2010 5:16pm
    #1
    andyadc
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭


    Hi,


    I just saw Call of Duty Classic demo is available to download on the 360, but when I tried to download it I got the above error.

    Why would it not be available in Ireland ? Could someone else with an Irish IP address try it and see if it works for them ?

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    Vic Vinegar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,241 ✭✭✭Vic Vinegar


    It's working for me (Irish account!)


  • #3
    zero19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,641 ✭✭✭zero19


    Worked for me last week when i downloaded it (it's god awful btw)


  • #4
    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    zero19 wrote: »
    (it's god awful btw)

    It was one of the best fps games on the PC when it was released back 10 years ago. Back when Halo CE was the king fps game on the Xbox and the consoles were getting basic versions of CoD compared to what was on the PC at the time. How times change.


  • #5
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Captain Chaos wrote: »
    It was one of the best fps games on the PC when it was released back 10 years ago. Back when Halo CE was the king fps game on the Xbox and the consoles were getting basic versions of CoD compared to what was on the PC at the time. How times change.

    Actually, it came out less than 7 years ago. Halo CE came a considerable time before COD....the first console COD game didn't come along till late 2004 :)


  • #6
    andyadc
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭andyadc


    Just wont work for me, I wonder if Microsoft is incorrectly working out the region from my ip


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  • #7
    gizmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,405 ✭✭✭gizmo


    andyadc wrote: »
    Just wont work for me, I wonder if Microsoft is incorrectly working out the region from my ip
    Two important questions:
    What region is your Gamertag set to?
    Where are you and your console now?


  • #8
    andyadc
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭andyadc


    gizmo wrote: »
    Two important questions:
    What region is your Gamertag set to?
    Where are you and your console now?

    Thanks Gizmo, you have sourced the problem !

    To answer your questions, My Xbox is in Dublin, My Xbox's locale is set to Ireland, but when I checked my Gamertag on live.xbox.com I can see that it is set to United Kingdom, and I dont seem to be able to change it ???????

    Anyway, I created a new profile on the 360, and using the new profile it let me download it. Plus its a months free gold, how many times can you do that ?

    Wish I could change my Gamertags region !


  • #9
    gizmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,405 ✭✭✭gizmo


    andyadc wrote: »
    Thanks Gizmo, you have sourced the problem !

    To answer your questions, My Xbox is in Dublin, My Xbox's locale is set to Ireland, but when I checked my Gamertag on live.xbox.com I can see that it is set to United Kingdom, and I dont seem to be able to change it ???????

    Anyway, I created a new profile on the 360, and using the new profile it let me download it. Plus its a months free gold, how many times can you do that ?

    Wish I could change my Gamertags region !
    Yep, that'll do it. MS use a geo-IP based system to ensure that you gamertag and console match so you can't access any content which isn't licensed in your territory. Unfortunately that flag also comes up red when, even if the content is available in both regions, the content itself is region locked, usually because it's restricted in another region e.g Germany.

    I had this problem with the free Gears Of War 2 DLC with my Irish Gamertag being played over in Scotland. Even with my code I was unable to download it because it was region locked and I was "out of region" despite the download being available in both Ireland and the UK. :o

    MS are working on it I believe, but they're trying to do it in a manner which still stops you from access content not available in your console region.


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